Split Top Roubo Bench Build
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Back to the project.
It's going to be slow for a while. I have decided I need a bandsaw for a number of critical tasks. Namely the leg wedge tenons and the chop. Delivery and all should take a 7 - 10 days. I was sold on the Rikon 10-325, until I looked at the Laguna Tools 14/twelve. Every review I read did not like the 325 guide rollers and a couple other things. The Laguna uses ceramic. I also like the fence design, a lot. Lastly it's made 20 minutes from where I live. Although I'll pay sales tax, that's a big plus.
Yesterday I tuned up the tail vise and made a new dog block from babinga. It's very smooth now. Also notice that the cherry knobs are darker. Thanks Jim for telling me to put them outside. They are still there.
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It's going to be slow for a while. I have decided I need a bandsaw for a number of critical tasks. Namely the leg wedge tenons and the chop. Delivery and all should take a 7 - 10 days. I was sold on the Rikon 10-325, until I looked at the Laguna Tools 14/twelve. Every review I read did not like the 325 guide rollers and a couple other things. The Laguna uses ceramic. I also like the fence design, a lot. Lastly it's made 20 minutes from where I live. Although I'll pay sales tax, that's a big plus.
Yesterday I tuned up the tail vise and made a new dog block from babinga. It's very smooth now. Also notice that the cherry knobs are darker. Thanks Jim for telling me to put them outside. They are still there.
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I'm going to use Marc Spagnolo's router sled design to flatten the top when I'm done. Rather than make the sled I'm going to get the 1000 extrusions for the MFS guide to slide along the side rails. Then I'll have them for other projects and, unlike the wood sled, they break down and don't take up much space.
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Folks - this router sled stuff is getting out of control.
Obviously, it's your cash but 15 minutes, less than a third of a sheet of ply, two straight cuts, a short session with a jig saw and a few screws and you have router sled that will work perfectly.
Obviously, it's your cash but 15 minutes, less than a third of a sheet of ply, two straight cuts, a short session with a jig saw and a few screws and you have router sled that will work perfectly.
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rvieceli said:
IMO, a sled is a bit more than a jig. Riv, now I know you know this.... the error increases with the length of the jig. My personal situation... I'm willing to pay more for something that is compact, can be broken down and stored. Plus I like extruded AL.
You are 100% right, but I'm an hopeless gadget guy.
I have used that MFS sled with 2x's for rails.
Hey Luke, it is great to see you back. That looonnnggg weekend was causing me to have serious withdrawal symptoms.
While you were away (BTW: congrats to the grads), my GS and i were running some maple boards thru my DW 734 planer when the planer broke down. It was the main drive belt, but there were no signs of wear except where it had melted in one spot. If there had been a wear pattern, i would not have worried, even tho it is only around 20 years old [unsure]. But the wear was only the melted spot where it separated. My thoughts were: "Why did it burn in only one spot?" It was Saturday afternoon, so I could not get a new belt anyhow. (I have not had time to investigate further as the week before Memorial Day is my second busiest week for lawn work of every year and I am my full crew. [unsure]) I decided I Would plane the boards by hand.
There are 4 of them 8-1/2" by 80", so how hard could that be? I had a couple of spare pieces so i decided to practice. After a couple of hours, including resharpening my plane iron, I decided to go a different route. I will take the boards to the supplier where i gt them and have them plane both sides. They had offered to plane the lumber down when i bought the pile last fall. They would have done 4square for me then for probably less than they will do it now. But i am sort of working against a deadline for the finished table. (I will try to show pics when it is all done)
The end result of my efforts has been an increased respect for your efforts to level your Roubo bench.
Tinker
Hey Luke, it is great to see you back. That looonnnggg weekend was causing me to have serious withdrawal symptoms.
While you were away (BTW: congrats to the grads), my GS and i were running some maple boards thru my DW 734 planer when the planer broke down. It was the main drive belt, but there were no signs of wear except where it had melted in one spot. If there had been a wear pattern, i would not have worried, even tho it is only around 20 years old [unsure]. But the wear was only the melted spot where it separated. My thoughts were: "Why did it burn in only one spot?" It was Saturday afternoon, so I could not get a new belt anyhow. (I have not had time to investigate further as the week before Memorial Day is my second busiest week for lawn work of every year and I am my full crew. [unsure]) I decided I Would plane the boards by hand.
There are 4 of them 8-1/2" by 80", so how hard could that be? I had a couple of spare pieces so i decided to practice. After a couple of hours, including resharpening my plane iron, I decided to go a different route. I will take the boards to the supplier where i gt them and have them plane both sides. They had offered to plane the lumber down when i bought the pile last fall. They would have done 4square for me then for probably less than they will do it now. But i am sort of working against a deadline for the finished table. (I will try to show pics when it is all done)
The end result of my efforts has been an increased respect for your efforts to level your Roubo bench.
Tinker
